INDIANAPOLIS — For the moment, at least, the Colts are leaving the door open for nearly all of their players battling injury, including Tyquan Lewis, to play against the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday.

Colts coach Frank Reich ruled out only wide receiver Ryan Grant (toe) in Thursday’s press conference, his final meeting with the media before the game.

Free safety Malik Hooker (foot) and wide receiver T.Y. Hilton (ankle) are both expected to play despite missing all three practices this week, and rookie defensive end Tyquan Lewis (knee) is still a possibility, even though he's listed as doubtful to play and missed last week’s win over the Texans.

Hooker and defensive tackle Denico Autry, who missed the first two days of practice this week but returned on Thursday, are both listed as questionable.

“With all of the guys who are in that mode, we’re just going to have to wait and see,” Reich said.

As the season has progressed, the Colts have been increasingly willing to let players dealing with injury miss most or all of the team’s practice during the week and play in the game anyway. Hilton, who suffered his ankle injury on Dec. 9 against Houston, has not practiced more than once in any week since then, but he’s continued to be productive.

“Our philosophy is really to try to take it case by case,” Reich said. “Sometimes later in the year, you get into a little bit more of a different mentality. You have a lot of accumulated reps on things, so you tend to (say), ‘Let’s just make sure we get this guy out there.’ That’s been the approach.”

Lewis, who has been battling a knee injury, told reporters earlier this week that he hoped to get back on the field soon, but if he’s able to play against the Chiefs, it would be something of a surprise.

Hooker, on the other hand, wrote that he’d be playing this Saturday in a blog post earlier this week.

“With treatment all week, I’m going to be just fine,” Hooker said.

The Colts can still downgrade a player to out in the next two days leading up to the game, and it’s up to the coaching staff to decide if a player dealing with a nagging injury can overcome it or needs to take another week to recover.

“If they are going, we feel like they can play winning football,” Reich said. “That’s our mindset.”